1. 1A FAR Officers, 2016-2018 President – Brian Shannon (Texas Tech)
Vice-President – Steve Turner (Miss. State)
Secretary/Treasurer – Jim Atwood (Buffalo)

2. 1A FAR Academic Excellence Award -- 2016
Posted today to
Graduated with a GPA > 3.8 from a FBS Institution and participation in two years of athletics
For 2016, there are 526 Awardees from 86 Institutions with 379 women and 147 men

3. 1A FAR Academic Excellence Award 2016
526 Student athletes qualified in 2016 compared to 624 in 2015, 614 in 2014, 513 in 2013 and 462 in 2012
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4. Additions/Corrections
Please examine your student athlete nominees at and report additions and corrections to in the next two weeks.